13 Best family books like The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border by Stephen Briseño

Cover of The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border by Stephen Briseño

The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border

By: Stephen Briseño

4.38

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Based on true events, this inspiring story follows a mama and her daughter who are denied entry at …

If you liked the family plot in The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border by Stephen Briseño , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. Big

By: Vashti Harrison

4.66

Format: 60 pages, Kindle Edition

This deeply moving story shares valuable lessons about fitting in, standing out, and the beauty of … read more

Similar categories in Vashti Harrison's Big book and Stephen Briseño's The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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2. Hot Dog

By: Doug Salati

4.29

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From a critically acclaimed creator comes this summery picture book featuring an overheated--and ov… read more

Similar categories in Doug Salati's Hot Dog book and Stephen Briseño's The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border

  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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3. Knight Owl (The Knight Owl Series, 1)

By: Christopher Denise

4.51

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A Caldecott Honor Winner and  New York Times  Bestseller!  A determined Owl builds strength and … read more

Similar categories in Christopher Denise's Knight Owl (The Knight Owl Series, 1) book and Stephen Briseño's The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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4. Berry Song

By: Michaela Goade

4.43

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Caldecott Medalist Michaela Goade's first self-authored picture book is a celebration of the land s… read more

Similar categories in Michaela Goade's Berry Song book and Stephen Briseño's The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border

  • cultural
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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5. The Sour Grape (The Food Group #6)

By: Jory John

4.40

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

The Sour Grape holds grudges for every reason under the sun. Lime never returned a scarf they borro… read more

Similar categories in Jory John's The Sour Grape (The Food Group #6) book and Stephen Briseño's The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • kids
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6. There Was a Party for Langston

By: Jason Reynolds

4.48

Format: 56 pages, ebook

New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynolds’s debut picture book is a snappy… read more

Similar categories in Jason Reynolds's There Was a Party for Langston book and Stephen Briseño's The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border

  • picture books
  • childrens
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7. Love in the Library

By: Maggie Tokuda-Hall

4.47

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Set in an internment camp where the United States cruelly detained Japanese Americans during WWII a… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Tokuda-Hall's Love in the Library book and Stephen Briseño's The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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8. A Library

By: Nikki Giovanni

4.28

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In this lyrical picture book, world-renowned poet, New York Times bestselling author, and Coretta S… read more

Similar categories in Nikki Giovanni's A Library book and Stephen Briseño's The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile
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9. Luli and the Language of Tea

By: Andrea Wang

4.45

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Though they may speak different languages, kids from all over the world come together to enjoy the … read more

Similar categories in Andrea Wang's Luli and the Language of Tea book and Stephen Briseño's The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border

  • cultural
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • fiction
Cover of Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual by Carole Boston Weatherford

10. Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual

By: Carole Boston Weatherford

4.46

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A picture book based on the popular spiritual. The classic lyrics have been reworked to chronicle t… read more

Similar categories in Carole Boston Weatherford's Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual book and Stephen Briseño's The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border

  • social justice
  • picture books
  • childrens
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11. Farmhouse

By: Sophie Blackall

4.53

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Two-time Caldecott Medalist Sophie Blackall invites readers to peek through windows that shine like… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Blackall's Farmhouse book and Stephen Briseño's The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile
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12. The Three Billy Goats Gruff

By: Mac Barnett

4.34

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Once there was a bridge and a terrible and VERY hungry troll lived underneath it. When the three Bi… read more

Similar categories in Mac Barnett's The Three Billy Goats Gruff book and Stephen Briseño's The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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13. In Every Life

By: Marla Frazee

4.28

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A simple and profound meditation on the many wonders of life from two-time Caldecott Honor recipien… read more

Similar categories in Marla Frazee's In Every Life book and Stephen Briseño's The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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14. Remember

By: Joy Harjo

4.42

Format: 40 pages, None

Michaela Goade, invites young readers to pause and reflect on the wonder of the world around them, … read more

Similar categories in Joy Harjo's Remember book and Stephen Briseño's The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of A Land of Books: Dreams of Young Mexihcah Word Painters by Duncan Tonatiuh

15. A Land of Books: Dreams of Young Mexihcah Word Painters

By: Duncan Tonatiuh

4.10

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author-illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh sheds light on the significance of Aztec manuscrip… read more

Similar categories in Duncan Tonatiuh's A Land of Books: Dreams of Young Mexihcah Word Painters book and Stephen Briseño's The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border

  • cultural
  • picture books
  • childrens
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16. Gibberish

By: Young Vo

4.40

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

It's Dat's first day of school in a new country! Dat and his Mah made a long journey to get here, a… read more

Similar categories in Young Vo's Gibberish book and Stephen Briseño's The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border

  • cultural
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • fiction
Cover of Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion by Shannon Stocker

17. Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion

By: Shannon Stocker

4.50

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

This picture book tells the true story of world-famous deaf percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie. T… read more

Similar categories in Shannon Stocker's Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion book and Stephen Briseño's The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
Cover of In the Blue by Erin Hourigan

18. In the Blue

By: Erin Hourigan

4.38

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

An emotional and tender picture book that accessibly explores depression within a family, through t… read more

Similar categories in Erin Hourigan's In the Blue book and Stephen Briseño's The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of John's Turn by Mac Barnett

19. John's Turn

By: Mac Barnett

4.13

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

E. B. White Read-Aloud winner Mac Barnett celebrates individuality in a story told with tenderness … read more

Similar categories in Mac Barnett's John's Turn book and Stephen Briseño's The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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20. Once Upon a Book

By: Grace Lin

4.21

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From Caldecott and Newbery Honoree Grace Lin and bestselling author Kate Messner comes a modern fol… read more

Similar categories in Grace Lin's Once Upon a Book book and Stephen Briseño's The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond

21. Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky

By: Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond

4.42

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Discover a world of creativity and tradition in this fascinating picture book that explores the his… read more

Similar categories in Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond's Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky book and Stephen Briseño's The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • juvenile
Cover of My Powerful Hair: A Picture Book by Carole Lindstrom

22. My Powerful Hair: A Picture Book

By: Carole Lindstrom

4.57

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning and bestselling author of We Are Water Protectors comes an empowering pictur… read more

Similar categories in Carole Lindstrom's My Powerful Hair: A Picture Book book and Stephen Briseño's The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border

  • cultural
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
Cover of Patchwork by Matt de la Peña

23. Patchwork

By: Matt de la Peña

4.20

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

From a Newbery Medal-winning author and a New York Times bestselling illustrator comes a deeply mov… read more

Similar categories in Matt de la Peña's Patchwork book and Stephen Briseño's The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • kids
Cover of The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs by Chana Stiefel

24. The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs

By: Chana Stiefel

4.63

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A picture book biography of the woman who created The Tower of Faces, an exhibit at the US Holocaus… read more

Similar categories in Chana Stiefel's The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs book and Stephen Briseño's The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
Cover of The Talk by Alicia D. Williams

25. The Talk

By: Alicia D. Williams

4.58

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

As a little boy grows into a bigger boy, ready to take on the world, he first must have that very d… read more

Similar categories in Alicia D. Williams's The Talk book and Stephen Briseño's The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border

  • cultural
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • social justice
  • fiction
  • family
Cover of Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement (Caldecott Honor Book) by Angela Joy

26. Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement (Caldecott Honor Book)

By: Angela Joy

4.66

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

A picture book biography of the mother of Emmett Till, and how she channeled grief over her son's d… read more

Similar categories in Angela Joy's Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement (Caldecott Honor Book) book and Stephen Briseño's The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border

  • social justice
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Where Wonder Grows by Xelena González

27. Where Wonder Grows

By: Xelena González

4.00

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A children’s picture book about a grandmother bonding with her granddaughters as she teaches them h… read more

Similar categories in Xelena González's Where Wonder Grows book and Stephen Briseño's The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border

  • cultural
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of Me and the Boss: A Story About Mending and Love by Michelle Edwards

28. Me and the Boss: A Story About Mending and Love

By: Michelle Edwards

3.96

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

All the highs and lows of having a bossy, protective, and loving older sibling are depicted in this… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Edwards's Me and the Boss: A Story About Mending and Love book and Stephen Briseño's The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border

  • cultural
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
Cover of The Coquíes Still Sing: A Story of Home, Hope, and Rebuilding by Karina Nicole Gonzalez

29. The Coquíes Still Sing: A Story of Home, Hope, and Rebuilding

By: Karina Nicole Gonzalez

4.31

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A story about home, community, and hope, inspired by the rebuilding of Puerto Rico following Hurric… read more

Similar categories in Karina Nicole Gonzalez's The Coquíes Still Sing: A Story of Home, Hope, and Rebuilding book and Stephen Briseño's The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border

  • cultural
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
Cover of Sweet Justice: Georgia Gilmore and the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Mara Rockliff

30. Sweet Justice: Georgia Gilmore and the Montgomery Bus Boycott

By: Mara Rockliff

4.44

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A picture book about the woman whose cooking helped feed and fund the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 195… read more

Similar categories in Mara Rockliff's Sweet Justice: Georgia Gilmore and the Montgomery Bus Boycott book and Stephen Briseño's The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border by Stephen Briseño

31. The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border

By: Stephen Briseño

4.38

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Based on true events, this inspiring story follows a mama and her daughter who are denied entry at … read more

Similar categories in Stephen Briseño's The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border book and Stephen Briseño's The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border

  • cultural
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • social justice
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • kids
  • juvenile

23 Best fiction books like The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border by Stephen Briseño

Transform Your Habits

Big

Vashti Harrison

4.66

Transform Your Habits

Hot Dog

Doug Salati

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Knight Owl (The Knight Owl Series, 1)

Christopher Denise

4.51

Transform Your Habits

Berry Song

Michaela Goade

4.43

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8 Best history books like A Land of Books: Dreams of Young Mexihcah Word Painters by Duncan Tonatiuh

Transform Your Habits

There Was a Party for Langston

Jason Reynolds

4.48

Transform Your Habits

Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual

Carole Boston Weatherford

4.46

Transform Your Habits

An American Story (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner)

Kwame Alexander

4.63

Transform Your Habits

A Land of Books: Dreams of Young Mexihcah Word Painters

Duncan Tonatiuh

4.10

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